Improvement in sheaf-droppers for harvesters



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'No.156,94l. Paten.tedNov.17,1874.V

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,NITED PERRY G. NICHOLS AND WILLIAM O. NICHOLS, OF GRESOO, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHEAF-DROFPERS FOR HARVESTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 156,94 1, dated November 17, 1874; application filed March 28, 1874.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that we, PERRY G. NIoHoLs and WILLIAM O. NIoHoLs, of Oresco, in the county of Howard and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Sheaf-Dropper for Harvesters, of which the following is a specification The invention will first be fully described, and then pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 is an elevation of some portions of the binding attachment illustrating our invention. Fig. Zis a plan view, and Fig. 3 an elevation, of some of the parts, showing the carrying-table tilted up as when dumping a load.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the binders table; B, the plat form on which the binders stand; 0, the table for receiving the sheaves from the binders, and carrying and dumping them; and D, the drivers seat. The table 0 is pivoted to the frame at E, for tilting in the manner indicated in Fig. 3. It has an arm, F, extend ing below the pivot at one end, to which a cord. G, is fastened, which passes through an eye in the end of an arm, H, of the springcatch I to a rod, J, which connects with a bell-crank, K, which is connected by rod L with the foottreadle M in front of the drivers seat, so that by a downward movement of the foot-treadle the catch will be pulled back to unfasten the table, and the table will be tilted to dump the sheaves. The table will then be turned back by gravity, the weight of the next sheaf put on by the binders, and will be fastened by the catch and its spring N. The catch is so arranged relatively to the binders table that the binder next to it can reach it readily to unfasten it by hand in case the driver is otherwise engaged or neglects it at the proper time.

The carrying-table is made in skeleton form to in ake it as light as possible for the required strength, and it is extended lengthwise, also the binders table, to get the requisite carrying and binding space with the least lateral extension possible, in order to avoid overbalancing the cutters on the opposite side, and raising them up when the tilting table is loaded, which is liable to happen, particularly when the load is on the down-hill side of a slope.

A cheek-cord, P, is employed to prevent the table from tilting too far.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent Y The combination, with pivoted table 0, havin g arm F, of cord G, connected with the springcatch I, having arm H, bell-crank K, rod L, and foot-treadle M, allarranged on a harvester, as and for the purpose specified.

PERRY G. NICHOLS. WILLIAM 0. NICHOLS. Witnesses:

WM. H. PATTERSON, LILLIE BUOKMAN. 

